tausenderlei
[ˈtaʊ̯zn̩dɐlaɪ̯]
The verdict
“tausenderlei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in sehr vielen verschiedenen Arten
Corpus desk
Index DE-tausenderlei · tausenderlei · German
tausenderlei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tausenderlei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | [ˈtaʊ̯zn̩dɐlaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „tausenderlei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
tausenderlei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as apronoun, transcribed [ˈtaʊ̯zn̩dɐlaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in sehr vielen verschiedenen Arten".
tausenderlei doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is tausenderlei, spelled T-A-U-S-E-N-D-E-R-L-E-I.
Definition
- 1in sehr vielen verschiedenen Arten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tausenderlei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er malte die Bilder seiner Träume in tausenderlei Farben.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.